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Lake Wilson, Minnesota

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lake Wilson City. It lies in ZIP code area 56151. The Survey maps it on the Chandler quadrangle. 254 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,660 feet above sea level.

Lake Wilson within Murray County

Population over time

2 figures

Lake Wilson grew from 251 to 254 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010251
2020254+3 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lake Wilson: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ferguson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ginn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mc Beth PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Murray County

Storms near this place

31 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Wilson in 31 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 15 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2010Flash FloodLake Wilson$25,000Heavy rain caused flash flooding in much of southern Murray County. Numerous roads were flooded, including Minnesota Highway 30 in several areas. Numerous basements were flooded, especially in Fulda.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindLake Wilson$20,000Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and caused tree damage.
June 1996Heavy RainLake Wilson$20,000no account filed
September 2021Thunderstorm WindLake Wilson$5,000A hoop barn was damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts. Property damage costs are a rough estimate.
June 2023Tornado (EFU)Lake Wilson-A brief landspout developed around 1.5 miles west-southwest of Lake Wilson, and was seen and photographed by numerous individuals, despite its brief appearance. The touchdown occurred within an open field and caused no visible damage to determine a rating.
September 2023HailLake Wilson-Hail was mostly nickel to quarter size.
July 2023HailLake Wilson-While most hail was pea size, several penny to nickel size stones were mixed in. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
July 2022HailLake Wilson-Hail varied in size from golf ball to baseball size. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLake Wilson-The roof was partially removed from a house in Lake Wilson.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindLake Wilson-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts produced crop damage, downed several large branches and uprooted a large tree. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
June 2021HailLake Wilson-Most of the hail that fell was dime-sized, but a few stones were as large as quarters.
July 2018Flash FloodLake Wilson-Water over many township roads in southwest Murray county.
July 2018Flash FloodLake Wilson-Torrential rainfall resulted in water running across State Highway 30. Lake Wilson received 2.30 inches of rainfall.
July 2018Flash FloodLake Wilson-Water flowing over 40th Ave. just south of State Highway 30. Rainfall of 2.30 inches was reported at Lake Wilson.
August 2017HailLake Wilson-Pea to quarter size hail was reported.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindLake Wilson-A few tree branches downed.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLake Wilson-Thunderstorm winds blew down several branches.
June 2005Flash FloodLake Wilson-Heavy rain caused flooding of roads and fields.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindLake Wilson-Approximately 28,000 acres of crops were destroyed by hail and high winds across Murray County
June 1994HailLake Wilson-Approximately 28,000 acres of crops were destroyed by hail and high winds across Murray County
July 2017HailLake Wilson-no account filed
July 2017HailLake Wilson-no account filed
May 2014HailLake Wilson-no account filed
May 2014HailLake Wilson-no account filed
May 2014HailLake Wilson-no account filed
May 2012HailLake Wilson-no account filed
August 2008HailLake Wilson-no account filed
June 2007HailLake Wilson-no account filed
June 2005HailLake Wilson-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindLake Wilson-no account filed
May 1993Tornado (F1)Lake Wilson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Murray County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Chandler4.7 miles7
Hadley5.3 miles11
Lowville6.6 miles11
Current Lake9.8 miles9
Slayton10.5 miles7
Iona10.5 miles7
Wirock15.2 miles7
Currie16.0 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Lake WilsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2230409The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 646403. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.